Despite efforts across multiple decades to shift the United States’s strategic focus to Asia, the United States remains unable or unwilling to do so. And with the Trump administration focused on the Western Hemisphere and the Middle East, experts are asking: how far will Trump pull back from Asia? With the recent examples of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States using extraordinary military force in Iran and Venezuela—an open question now looms about how China might internalize this new landscape and adjust its approach to Taiwan. This panel will explore how changes to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait would reshape the region and the world, how the United States should respond and what is realistic in this current environment, and how are our allies like Japan and South Korea are reacting to these changes and what can be done to manage these relationships.
Speakers:
- Dr. Jessica Chen Weiss, David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies
- Dr. Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Ellison Laskowski, Senate on Foreign Relations
Moderator:
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